If the Caps Lock key works in reverse order, press the Ctrl+Shift+Caps Lock keys. This is a shortcut method to reset the Caps Lock key. If this works, you need not try the fixes described below. If ...

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Losing the spinning hard drive from its Chrome OS laptops is one thing, but the news that Google would jettison the caps-lock key from its upcoming notebooks REALLY got the tech world in a twist. "We ...

Whether you want a full-time Caps Lock key or simply need the keyboard shortcut, here's how to do it. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them ...

Maybe it’s just me, but I always picture someone yelling at me when I get messages and emails in all capital letters. It might just be a mistake on their end, I suppose, since it’s fairly easy to ...

One of the most frustrating things about technology is getting used to a new device's quirks, especially when it means having to relearn basic tasks. For those who are unfamiliar with the various ...

Is it time to permanently retire the Caps Lock key? Pieter Hintjens thinks so. Hintjens, the CEO of iMatix, has launched the Capsoff organization in a campaign urging hardware manufacturers to ditch ...

Perhaps it should have occurred to me years ago, but it wasn’t until recently that I fully realized that everybody hates something about their computer keyboard. I was in the company of several family ...

If you're anything like me, you make good use of the Backspace key. But look where it is—way up on the upper righthand corner, dragging your hand away from the action with every inevitable mistake.

Peter asked for a way to “remap the Caps Lock key so it does nothing.” He wants to avoid accidentally hitting that key and finding himself typing ALL CAPS. You can go into the Windows Registry and ...

I hate the Caps Lock key. An anachronism that has long outlived any marginal value it might have once offered, the key lies in wait to do one thing and one thing only: cAUSE typos whenever you are ...